Chapter 670: Integrated Model
Xu Tengyu really disliked his cousin, just like a genius never likes to look up to another genius who is more talented than him.
Tan Hongbo, a top physics prodigy who entered the junior class of Zhonghai Jiaotong University at the age of fourteen, is the person Xu Tengyu dislikes most in his life.
Because since he was a child, he has been compared with this cousin who has an extremely high IQ.
Fortunately, this situation changed after graduation, especially after he started Tengyu Logistics, Xu Tengyu's reputation in the family has improved slightly.
When Tan Hongbo stood in front of Xu Tengyu and said that he wanted to borrow money for scientific research, Xu Tengyu laughed loudly.
When he was young, Xu Tengyu didn't understand, so every time he was used as a background for Tan Hongbo, he was very angry. However, as he grew older, he gradually accepted some facts. Up to now, his relationship with Tan Hongbo is still good.
"why are you laughing?"
Tan Hongbo thought Xu Tengyu was laughing at him, so he looked a little unhappy.
Xu Tengyu quickly said, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not laughing at you, I'm just thinking of something happy. I remember you were working on graphene, right?"
When Tan Hongbo heard Xu Tengyu say that he was not laughing at him, his expression relaxed a little, and then he said, "Yes."
Xu Tengyu asked: "How much money do you want?"
Tan Hongbo thought for a moment and said, "To complete this project, it will cost at least six million. I don't know what will happen next."
Xu Tengyu was shocked: "Fuck, six million? And there's a follow-up?"
"My brother, do you know how much six million is?"
He had never been involved in scientific research, let alone invested in it, so he was shocked when he heard this number.
After all, if it is a pure business investment, six million can build a company of considerable size.
For Tan Hongbo, this is only the initial cost of a set of projects, and he doesn't know how much it will cost later.
It's simply outrageous!
Tan Hongbo nodded slightly and said, "I see. You don't have six million."
Upon hearing this, Xu Tengyu immediately became unhappy and blurted out: "Who told you that I don't have six million?"
Tan Hongbo said: "Then you can lend it to me."
Xu Tengyu decisively refused: "No."
Tan Hongbo curled his lips and said, "So you still don't have six million."
Xu Tengyu stiffened his neck and said, "Who said I don't have six million?"
Tan Hongbo said: "Then you can lend it to me."
"No."
Without waiting for Tan Hongbo to continue, Xu Tengyu said, "Listen, stop talking nonsense here. Don't you just want research funding? I'll introduce you to someone who will definitely be willing to invest in you."
When Tan Hongbo heard this, he immediately became interested and asked, "Oh? Who?"
"Lu Yiming."
Hearing the name Xu Tengyu said, Tan Hongbo was immediately surprised: "Lu Yiming? The richest man in Lu?"
Xu Tengyu said: "Yes, it's this guy. I remember that he really likes to invest in things like yours that burn money but don't make money."
Hearing Xu Tengyu's evaluation of his short-sighted! Is this a matter of money? Do you understand national strategy? Do you understand technological hegemony? Do you know..."
Xu Tengyu quickly interrupted him and said, "Okay, okay, Dr. Tan, I got it. I'll take you to find Mr. Lu right away."
He took out his cell phone and called Lu Yiming's new cell phone.
"Hey, Mr. Lu, I have a good project here, are you interested?"
If Lu Yiming hadn't recognized Xu Tengyu's voice, he would have hung up the phone.
During this period of time, he has received at least eighty phone calls with such opening lines, and he could tell from them that he was suffering from psychological trauma.
"Fuck, if you have something to say, say it now, and if you have something to say, fart now."
Xu Tengyu said, "Are you interested in investing in Jiaotong University's carbon crystal laboratory?"
This term made Lu Yiming a little confused, and he immediately asked: "Carbon Crystal Laboratory? What does it do?"
Xu Tengyu said: "Graphene."
“Graphene?”
The range of carbon crystals is very wide. After all, diamonds are also carbon 60 crystals under high temperature and high pressure, and are the same element as coal. However, when Xu Tengyu mentioned graphene, Lu Yiming understood it immediately.
Xu Tengyu said: "Yes, my cousin is researching this, but now he has no money, so he came to me. I thought you might be interested in this, so I called to ask."
If it was any charity group, Lu Yiming would refuse without a second thought. After all, although his money came easily, it basically had a place to go, and he couldn't just give it away to people for food and drink.
But if it is used for scientific research, Lu Yiming would be happy to see it succeed.
"You are the one who is begging for alms, right?"
Lu Yiming cursed with a smile and said, "Where are you now? Bring your cousin to me, I'll talk to him."
"Okay!"
After hanging up the phone, Xu Tengyu said to Tan Hongbo: "Your funding should have been found. Come on, I'll take you to see Mr. Lu."
“So simple?”
The sudden turn of events made Tan Hongbo a little uncomfortable.
Xu Tengyu said: "Why? You're not going? If you're not going, forget it."
Seeing Xu Tengyu sitting down again, Tan Hongbo quickly said with a smile: "Go, of course you can go. Let's go now."
"Tsk, virtue."
Xu Tengyu drove and took Tan Hongbo to find Lu Yiming.
"Mr. Lu, this is my cousin Tan Hongbo, a doctor of physics from Zhonghai Jiaotong University."
"Cousin, this is Lu Yiming, the new richest man in Asia. What do you think? Is he younger than you thought?"
Tan Hongbo exclaimed, "You are much younger than I thought! In my impression, those who have made a lot of money and are on the rich list have worked hard for many years and are at least in their 50s or 60s. This person looks younger than you, which is really incredible."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Ambition is not about age. Making money depends on chance. I've just been luckier in recent years."
"Sit down, what would you like to drink? Coffee? Tea? Or milk?"
Xu Tengyu said first: "I want to drink hand-brewed coffee! Your secretary is so good at brewing it!"
Just as Tan Hongbo was about to speak, Xu Tengyu said, "Cousin, listen to me. Drink coffee. After you have tasted the hand-brewed coffee here by Mr. Lu, you will find other hand-brewed coffees boring!"
Tan Hongbo was skeptical and asked, "Is it really that magical?"
Lu Yiming said loudly: "Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, three cups of hand brew."
Yu Jiayi said "oh" and walked into the tea room.
While Yu Jiayi was making coffee, Lu Yiming talked to Tan Hongbo about graphene research.
Graphene is a new material in which carbon atoms are tightly stacked into a single-layer two-dimensional honeycomb lattice structure. It has excellent optical, electrical and mechanical properties. It has important application prospects in materials science, micro-nano processing, energy, biomedicine and drug delivery, and is considered to be a revolutionary material of the future.
To be honest, graphene is not mysterious. It exists in nature, but it is difficult to peel off a single layer. Graphene stacked up layer by layer is graphite. One millimeter thick graphite contains about three million layers of graphene. When a pencil is lightly drawn on paper, the trace left may be hundreds of layers of graphene.
Lu Yiming asked: "How far has your laboratory's research on graphene progressed?"
Tan Hongbo scratched his head and said, "It is still only in the stage of theoretical characteristic research."
Xu Tengyu yelled, "Fuck, it's been so many years and we're still doing theoretical research? Aren't you talking nonsense? By the time you make this thing, won't it be too late? Can you do it, Xigou?"
Tan Hongbo argued with his neck stiff, "You know nothing. This is the most cutting-edge subject in the world. Some people say that whoever can separate a single-layer graphene structure will win the Nobel Prize!"
Xu Tengyu was naturally well-known for the Nobel Prize, and was immediately shocked: "Is this thing so awesome? Can I win the Physics Prize if I make it?"
Tan Hongbo snorted, "What do you think?"
Xu Tengyu waved his hand and said to Lu Yiming, "Hey, I guess it will take forever to wait for this thing to pay off. Mr. Lu, I guess it's a waste of money to throw money at this thing, why don't you just give me a few hundred thousand or a hundred thousand to get rid of it."
After hearing what Xu Tengyu said, Tan Hongbo immediately became anxious and shouted, "Why did you bring me here?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "I am the richest man after all. How can I talk about hundreds of thousands? Um, Dr. Tan, how much funding do you need for your plan?"
Tan Hongbo said quickly: "I want six... five million. With only five million, I can continue with the next step of research. How about it? Not much, right?"
He had previously agreed with Xu Tengyu that the amount was six million, but when it came to Lu Yiming, he was afraid that Lu Yiming would not give it, so he directly reduced it by one million.
Xu Tengyu complained: "Not much, do you have 500 bucks on you?"
Although Tan Hongbo has obtained a doctorate degree, the salary for scientific research in China in 2001 was really not high. Recently, Tan Hongbo even started to pay for the experimental materials himself. He did not even have 500 yuan, let alone 50 yuan.
If the school had not provided food and accommodation, he would not only have to live on the streets, but also be at risk of starving to death.
Tan Hongbo said to Xu Tengyu: "Will you die if you don't criticize me?"
Xu Tengyu laughed and said, "Haha, I am so happy to argue with you. I said, what the hell is this? It's just a theoretical basis. I thought I could make money right away. I guess it will be difficult to get the money from Mr. Lu. After all, we are businessmen, and the purpose of businessmen is to make money. Five million, this money is just throwing it into the water. If Mr. Lu dares to give it to me, I will wash my hair upside down."
Lu Yiming immediately laughed: "You want to wash your hair upside down?"
Xu Tengyu was shocked: "Are you really going to vote?"
Tan Hongbo pushed Xu Tengyu away and said to Lu Yiming eagerly, "Mr. Lu, graphene has special significance for basic research in physics. It allows some quantum effects that could only be demonstrated in theory before to be verified experimentally. In two-dimensional graphene, the mass of electrons seems to be non-existent. This property makes graphene a rare condensed matter that can be used to study relativistic quantum mechanics. Because massless particles must move at the speed of light, they must be described by relativistic quantum mechanics. This provides theoretical physicists with a new research direction: some experiments that originally needed to be carried out in giant particle accelerators can be carried out in small laboratories using graphene."
"Graphene can be made into chemical sensors and is an ideal material for electrochemical biosensors. Sensors made of graphene have good sensitivity in detecting dopamine, glucose, etc. in medicine."
"It can also be used to make transistors that can operate at extremely high frequencies, far exceeding silicon transistors of the same size."
"Graphene and glass fiber polyester sheet substrates can form electronic displays. Graphene can also be used to make batteries, which are superior to all batteries currently on the market."
"besides……"
Lu Yiming waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, you don't need to say more. I know the benefits of graphene better than you."
When Tan Hongbo heard this, he was slightly startled: "You know better than me?"
If these words were spoken by someone else, Tan Hongbo would definitely respond on the spot with "Why the hell are you pretending in front of me?" However, the person in front of him is the new richest man in Asia, so naturally he had to give him some face.
However, Tan Hongbo didn't even believe the punctuation marks in Lu Yiming's statement.
He has been studying graphene for four or five years and has obtained a doctorate degree. He belongs to the most cutting-edge team in this research field in China.
And what about Lu Yiming? He is just an undergraduate student majoring in computer science. He knows nothing about graphene.
Lu Yiming smiled slightly, but did not explain, and asked: "What is your laboratory doing now?"
Tan Hongbo thought that Lu Yiming just said that just to show off, and now he started to change the subject. He didn't point it out, after all, he still wanted to beg for alms from Lu Yiming. He said: "In fact, our laboratory initially studied carbon nanocrystals, and graphene is a more advanced research."
In fact, none of these are important. Graphene alone is enough to arouse Lu Yiming's interest.
Lu Yiming actually knows a lot about graphene.
Although he had taken these things seriously in his previous life, the original purpose was because his boss was interested. If the boss likes something, the subordinates will like it even more. He could only bite the bullet and learn about it. Otherwise, how could he brag with his boss? There must be a common topic, right?
So at that time, he read a lot of popular science materials on the Internet and almost memorized the entire history of graphene technology. From the first time Andre Geim and Constantine peeled off graphene in 2004, to the discovery of integer quantum Hall effect and quantum Hall effect under room temperature in single-layer and double-layer graphene systems by the same two in 2009, and thus won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010...
Therefore, making money is the primary motivation for studying seriously. Just like in ancient times, in order to become an official, hanging one's head on a beam and piercing one's legs with a needle were no big deal.
Lu Yiming said, "How about this, the old rules, just like my previous cooperation with the laboratory of Fu Ri University, I will invest in your laboratory, and I will have priority to use the research results. Is that okay?"
Xu Tengyu said dissatisfiedly: "Damn it, you are not really going to invest? This thing is still a theoretical basis. It will probably take them ten or twenty years to produce a finished product for commercial use. What's the difference between spending six million on this and throwing money into the sea? What are you trying to achieve?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Nothing else, I just want to see you wash your hair upside down."
Xu Tengyu yelled, "You must be so willful. You can't be so outrageous. Five million just to watch me wash my hair upside down? Give me five million and I'll show you how to poop upside down, okay?"
Lu Yiming shook his head and said, "No, that's too disgusting."
He said to Tan Hongbo, "I vote for you. Let's wash her hair while standing upside down. Let's go."
Tan Hongbo was very upset by Xu Tengyu's criticism just now. Now Lu Yiming said he would invest, and he could watch Xu Tengyu wash his hair upside down. It was a double blessing. He immediately said excitedly, "Okay, no problem."
Xu Tengyu was frightened when he saw the two people approaching him, and he quickly said, "Hey, what are you doing? Don't mess around, I'm just joking with you."
Lu Yiming snorted coldly, "Who is joking with you? Don't you know that a man's words are as good as his words? Dr. Tan, go ahead."
Tan Hongbo nodded slightly, and he and Lu Yiming carried Xu Tengyu into the bathroom.
Amidst screams, Xu Tengyu was lifted by his feet by Lu Yiming and Tan Hongbo and completed a set of inverted hair washing movements with a difficulty coefficient of 10.0.
Xu Tengyu sat on the sofa, blowing his hair with a hair dryer while cursing at Tan Hongbo: "What kind of crappy lab is this? How can it be that you are short of funding? I almost drowned in the basin just now."
Tan Hongbo said: "How can scientific research be done without funding? My supervisor is a blockhead. The research funding is not much, and he doesn't know how to fight for it. It's a miracle that our laboratory has survived until now."
Lu Yiming deeply agrees with this statement. The current scientific research system, especially those engaged in basic research, has always relied on connections to make a living. If you don't have connections and don't know how to make money, even if you are an academician, you can't expect to get research and development funds.
Lu Yiming asked: "Is five million enough?"
Tan Hongbo said bluntly: "It is definitely not enough to complete the entire research, but at least we can complete the current project, produce interim results, and complete the paper by the way, so that the previous investment will not be wasted."
The days of scientific research are really hard, especially since the country has little money at this stage. Otherwise, it would not be popular these days to say that making atomic bombs is not as good as selling tea eggs. In order to make money, many scientific researchers even have to set up stalls at night markets after get off work to help support their families.
Lu Yiming asked: "I can donate five million at any time, but what happens after the five million is spent?"
Tan Hongbo thought about it and said helplessly: "Then there is no other way. I will switch to pure physics research in the future."
Although pure theoretical physics research also costs money, since there is no need to do experiments, the expenses are much smaller. You can apply for funding, and then pay for it yourself, sell papers, etc., and you can barely make ends meet.
Lu Yiming thought about it and said, "Then why don't you adopt an integrated industry-university-research model?"
